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Latest Fee Schedule Proposal Could Alter How You Use Modifier 25

Published on Wed Aug 03, 2016

CMS doesn’t appear happy with the rampant modifier 25 usage on cerumen removal and more. If modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the procedure or other service) is your best friend, it may be time that you take some time apart. At [...]
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